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	<title>AFI International Blog - Covering Work Stoppages, Labour Disputes, and Strike Security &#187; Labour Disputes</title>
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		<title>Peel jobs under siege, union says</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unionized public employees in the GTA&#8217;s second largest region say their jobs are under siege, as two more bargaining units get set to join their Peel Region colleagues already on strike. &#8220;We&#8217;re not asking for any more than they gave themselves,&#8221; says CUPE Local 966 president Mary Jo Falle, referring to recent salary increases for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reliance workers vote on contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 300 provincewide employees of Reliance Home Comfort have started voting on a tentative agreement reached on the weekend between their employer and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Local 1999. Ratification votes began Monday and will continue today and Wednesday. Windsor workers will vote today at 4 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 2401 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kruger sends warning to unionized Corner Brook workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owner of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper has sent a strongly worded letter directly to its workers, claiming that union leaders may have put the newsprint mill in jeopardy. Last week, local officials with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union claimed Montreal-based Kruger Inc. had not been transparent and was eroding trust with its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CUPE 4989 members left with no choice but to take action</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RENFREW, ONTARIO&#8211;(Marketwire &#8211; May 10, 2012) - After vouching to stand up for the services they deliver, Ontario Works staff in the County of Renfrew, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4989, were left with no choice but to take action following a disappointing meeting where the parties were unable to come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Codiac Transpo service to be interrupted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Codiac Transpo is advising customers that service will be interrupted over the next few days, starting this evening. The interruptions are due to staffing constraints arising from the ongoing labour dispute, according to a statement released by the company Thursday afternoon. Additional cancellations &#8220;may be required will little or no advance notice,&#8221; the statement reads. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow Cabs Drawn into Rocky Mountaineer Labour Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A controversial labour dispute at the Rocky Mountaineer luxury rail line erupted into further discord last week, with company management allegedly taking down signs for a recently posted City of Vancouver cab stand just outside the Teamster picket line. Over 100 on-board attendants were locked out by the company last June. Since then, a picket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candu engineers enlisting customers in union battle with SNC-Lavalin subsidiary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8211; The union representing Candu Energy engineers is trying to enlist the help of the company&#8217;s customers to put pressure on the SNC-Lavalin subsidiary to avoid a crippling labour disruption. The Society of Professional Engineers and Associates said it&#8217;s meeting with clients, stakeholders and SNC-Lavalin shareholders who fear projects could be delayed by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edmonton taxi drivers will not strike – for now</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2012/05/07/edmonton-taxi-drivers-will-not-strike-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bulk of Edmonton’s taxi drivers – 800 in total – will not strike Monday, as plans are in motion to head back to negotiations with their employer. The drivers, of Yellow Cab, Barrel Taxi, Checker and Prestige Cabs, formed a union last year – Teamsters Local Union 987 – and have been attempting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SNC-Lavalin’s latest worry: Nuclear workers give strike mandate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees at SNC-Lavalin’s nuclear reactor design firm Candu Energy have given their union a 94 per cent strike mandate. Nearly 900 members of the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates are in a position to strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday. The company is also in a legal position to lock out workers at that time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reliance Home Comfort workers strike after company imposes terms</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2012/05/04/reliance-home-comfort-workers-strike-after-company-imposes-terms-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 20:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO – Almost 300 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, who work for Reliance Home Comfort Limited, went on strike at midnight, after their employer took the unusual step of imposing working terms and conditions during the collective bargaining process. “After our membership voted to reject the company’s offer, Reliance Home [...]]]></description>
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